Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.50 higher, No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 3.50 higher, Boners 1.75 higher, and Leans 2.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher, Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,629	70.04	1,141	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,386	92.38	1,281	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,456	56.60	824	73
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	50.05	642	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	41.42	432	31
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,585	86.44	1,370	9thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,300	114.30	1,486	82
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	107.29	1,253	15
Steers	Choice	Low	1,440	115.44	1,663	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,159	106.80	1,238	11
Steers	Select	Low	950	70.25	667	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,375	60.86/cwt	55.00–68.00	837	10
Bulls	—	—	1,825	77.11/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,407	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	58.56/cwt	58.00–59.00	782	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	43.23/cwt	37.00–46.50	538	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	51.91/cwt	47.00–57.00	671	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	64.75/cwt	63.00–69.50	944	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	110.37/cwt	107.00–112.50	1,566	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	115.86/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,668	116
Steers	Select	—	765	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	283	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,159	106.80/cwt	95.00–111.00	1,238	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,585	86.44/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,370	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	42.00/cwt	38.00–45.00	449	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,355	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	915	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,312	119.17/cwt	119.00–119.50	1,564	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,213	107.60/cwt	102.00–111.50	1,305	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	115.64/cwt	112.00–118.50	1,526	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,168	107.29/cwt	94.00–111.50	1,253	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,492	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,310	103.50/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,356	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	49.05/cwt	47.50–50.50	731	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	56.66/cwt	51.50–61.50	823	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	49.46/cwt	49.00–50.00	502	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	32.42/cwt	23.00–36.00	306	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,790	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,135	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,175	1

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Nov 19, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,375	55.00–68.00	60.86
13	—	1,825	73.00–84.00	77.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,335	58.00–59.00	58.56
21	—	1,245	37.00–46.50	43.23
45	—	1,292	47.00–57.00	51.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	63.00–69.50	64.75
7	—	1,491	47.50–50.50	49.05
60	—	1,452	51.50–61.50	56.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,070	38.00–45.00	42.00
4	—	1,014	49.00–50.00	49.46
5	—	944	23.00–36.00	32.42
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	67.50	67.50
1	—	1,570	95.00	95.00
2	—	1,310	103.00–104.00	103.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,419	107.00–112.50	110.37
116	—	1,440	113.00–119.00	115.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	37.00	37.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,159	95.00–111.00	106.80
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	107.50	107.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	103.50	103.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,585	85.00–90.00	86.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	119.00–119.50	119.17
15	—	1,213	102.00–111.50	107.60
64	—	1,320	112.00–118.50	115.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,168	94.00–111.50	107.29

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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